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My perhaps ominously-titled poem “There Is No Other Way, There Is No Other Way, There Is No Other Way” is in the most recent issue of The Malahat Review, a Canadian literary journal that has its own Wikipedia page. I’m psyched to be there! There’s also a terrifying doll on the front cover, and who doesn’t love a good terrifying doll?

Hey friends! (/Meggie. Mostly Meggie.) This is the list I said I would put together after skimming Poet’s Market 2017 for markets meeting these qualifications:

pays contributors

doesn’t charge a submission fee (or fee to submit called something other than a submission fee)

allows online submissions

Caveats: In Poet’s Market, paying markets are indicated by a dollar sign, making them easy to locate. HOWEVER, some markets NOT listed as paying markets by Poet’s Market apparently DO pay contributors. This is the case with FIELD, filling Station, Rattle, and others. On the flip side, some markets listed as “paying” in Poet’s Market only “pay” writers in copies of the publication in which their work appears or in exposure. I didn’t include these on this list. I also didn’t list magazines that pay “if funds permit” (like Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine).

Sometimes I couldn’t tell if a publication charged a submission fee while their submission window was closed. (It would be visible through their submission manager when the window opened.) In those cases, I erred on the side of assuming markets did not charge submission fees.

My poem “Pastoral with Were-Sheep” is in the most recent issue of Grievous Angel. (The last poem I published here was “Bus Stop Gothic” in 2015.) The other poem in the issue is “Fatima & the Circus of Doctor Now,” which not only has a really awesome title but I guess was written by a guy with his own Wikipedia page and who sometimes writes under a humorous/awkward pseudonym? So I feel like I’m in good company.

My first published short story, “The Apparition of These Faces,” found a home in Radix Media’s anthology AFTERMATH: Explorations of Loss & Grief. The anthology is a big “first” for Radix Media as well, because it is the first book of their new publishing program. In addition to publishing books, Radix Media is also “New York City’s only worker-owned union print shop” (that’s the tagline on their website), so they’re doing a few cool things at once.

A) At home in Wisconsin
B) Commuting between the states of Post-Graduation Excitement and Post-Graduation Anxiety
C) Going somewhere exciting soon, hopefully
D) Not on the internet very muchE) All of the above

If you’ve got time to kill, I’m working on a website for a fictional time travelers’ organization called Time Travelers International. It’s not done yet, but it should look more presentable by the end of this week, since it’s my final project for a creative writing class!

I’ve maintained radio silence for three months now, but don’t worry, you haven’t missed much as far as writing is concerned. At the moment, I have three short stories and a poem floating around the internet looking for homes, but no luck so far. If one of them does get picked up, you’ll hear about it–and all of my friends and distant relatives will probably get an excited phone call, too.

In real life, Virginia is rainy, my senior year is full of classes and swiftly approaching deadlines, and it’s been raining for days. Did I mention the rain?

After nearly a day and a half of travel, including three flights and a ten-hour layover, I’m back home in Wisconsin. I had an incredible semester, mostly because of the people I met while I was in Spain. Now that I’m home, I’m looking forward to the chance to do more writing and reading than I did while I was abroad (for reasons I explained in my last post).

I’m focusing on my creative writing thesis this summer, which I’m hoping to finish before the end of this academic year. Like a lot of writing I’ve done lately, my thesis is heavily inspired by the “Hansel and Gretel” fairy tale. Also, space. Unfortunately, I don’t think imaginary whales (my other favorite thing, if my brief publication history is any indication) are going to make an appearance in this project.

As usual, I’ll update this website as more of my work is published. I’ve already sent a few pieces to wander in the dark woods of the internet in search of publication, and hopefully I’ll be sending some more out soon. Wish me luck!